GE A950-SL 9MP Digital Camera with 5X Optical Zoom and 2.5 Inch LCD with Auto Brightness - Silver

by GE

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 1 x 2.4 inches ; 4.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001WYLSMC
• Item model number: A950-SL
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,595 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 18, 2009

Product Description

Color: Silver

Broaden your view with the all new GE A950. With a spacious 2.5-inch high-resolution LCD screen with auto adjust brightness, photo playback is a delightful experience. Featuring a generous 9-megapixel resolution, 5x optical zoom and 5.7x digital zoom. The A950 also provides great extras such as pan capture panorama produced by panning the camera across to create a seamless panoramic picture, auto scene detection, blink detection, smile detection, face detection, in-camera red-eye removal, electronic image stabilization and Quick Time Motion JPEG movie recording. Plus the impressive 24MB internal memory is expandable with an SD/SDHC card up to an additional 8 gigabytes. Additional specs include Focal length of 6.3mm (wide) to 31.5mm (Tele) which is the 35mm film equivalent of 35mm (wide) to 175mm (Tele), F number of F3.0 (Wide) to F4.7(Tele), Normal focusing range of 60 cm (Wide) to 80 cm (Tele), Macro of 5cm-80cm ,Shooting modes of Auto, Manual, ASCN, Image Stabilization, Movie, Scene (Sport, Children, Indoor, Leaf, Snow, Sunset, Fireworks, Glass, Museum, Landscape, Night Landscape, Night Portrait, Portrait), and Panorama, Auto ISO sensitivity of 1600. Pictbridge compatability,ExifPrint support, multi-language support, USB 2.0 and AV out (proprietary connector) jacks. This products ships with AA batteries, USB cable, AV cable, Wrist Strap, CD-ROM, Arcsoft Photo Impression 6 editing software, Manual, Quick Start Guide, and Warranty Card.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good bang for the buck at under $70 on sale, July 27, 2009

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Magic Mike "magic mike" (Metro Atlanta, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GE A950-BK 9MP Digital Camera with 5X Optical Zoom and 2.5 Inch LCD with Auto Brightness - Black (Electronics)

Pros: Inexpensive, decent pictures, good zoom, does with good quality audio, small size, good battery life, feature-rich for the $$$, accepts SD cards for low cost-high volume pictures or video capturing.

Cons: Controls are not intuitive, ANNOYING bright red light that precludes flash, rather cumbersome menu, 9.1 megapixel claim questionable.

This is a good, decent, low-buck camera that's full of features. At $[...] (the amount I paid) it does just about everything I need it to. I added a 4 GB SD card for ten bucks and I can take up to 995 pictures (or about 35 minutes of video - or a reduced combination of still pics and video). The 2 (AA) batteries last a good long time. The LCD viewer is very clear.

One of the biggest issues I had when first using this camera was simply taking a picture. You have to FULLY depress the flash button to get a snapshot. I took about 30 "focus" shots before I got a picture. If you gently press the Flash button the picture simply locks into focus. I had to read the manual to find out how to get a picture. Just a little more muscle into the Flash finger, and 'Voila!' - photo produced!

One thing I question is the 9.1 megapixel claim GE makes, as my 3 year old 3.1 Megapixel FujiFilm S2000 takes pictures that have *slightly* lower resolution - I say this puts together probably 5.5-6 megapixel at best. Still for the $$$ I paid this is a great deal.

So overall this is good for what it is - an inexpensive camera that lets you capture great moments without breaking the bank : and that's a VERY important thing in this economic environment. Obviously it won't even come close in picture quality to the Canon, Nikon, Sony or other high end cameras. If you're in the market for top quality pictures and extended lens capability - forget it. This camera is not for you. But for good, cheap, decent pictures - consider it a "best buy". I recommend it.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love mine., August 21, 2009

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Victor Hugo - See all my reviews

This review is from: GE A950-BK 9MP Digital Camera with 5X Optical Zoom and 2.5 Inch LCD with Auto Brightness - Black (Electronics)

Yes, the price is great, but the features are even greater. 5x zoom, blink detection, smile detection, shake detection, panorama, a bunch of different exposure programs. I found the menus very easy. (Read your manual, guys.) I bought a 16 GB SD card. Now this camera is also good for unlimited-time videos. I shot one that lasted 12 minutes. It's tough. I've dropped mine twice on concrete and it still works. The best thing is, it is very stingy with the battery consumption. Even 2 AA alkalines last a long time. No frustrations with this camera. My photos have been sharp. Thanks, GE, for packing so much into a small device at a small price.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for the money but not for any one who wants real photography., January 27, 2010

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Izak Kapilevich "Kapi" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GE A950-RD 9MP Digital Camera with 5X Optical Zoom and 2.5 Inch LCD with Auto Brightness - Red (Electronics)

This is a great toy, that's all its is, after all what can you expect for 70$???. Its easy to use has some nice features like the auto scene and overall user interface is quite good. Battery life is very decent. In good lighting the pictures are quite OK but try any thing in low light and the image quality drops sharply. Trying to capture night scenes is almost impossible, the images come out black and white almost no color. Flash photography is OK in ranges of 1 to 15 feet but there is a very serious picture to picture gap when using flash.
Auto Focus works OK in most cases but misses the mark at least 10%. If you do have this camera I suggest taking every picture twice for redundancy. The 5X optical zoom is good and useful but forget about the digital zoom its horrible. Last and most annoying is the inability to control how much an image is compressed and processed. The images captured at 9MP undergo such heavy JPG compression that the quality is reduced to a 6MP camera equivalent. If I could select minimal compression i could live with the image quality but as its is now the 9MP is simply not being utilized to its fullest. Its a great camera for beginners, people who need an easy point and shoot and people on the budget. Its nothing more than a cool toy but for 70$ its definitely a good buy if you are looking for imaging on the cheap side. Would I buy it for myself - never. Would I buy it for my mother or a young teen - oh yeah.

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